Yahoo has made its exit as an independent company — here's what happens next (YHOO)

On Monday, Yahoo agreed to sell its core internet business to Verizon for $4.8 billion, putting an end to its 20-year history as a standalone company.
The sale to Verizon drew nostalgic responses from Wall Street investors, including RBC Capital, which characterized the deal as an "ignominious end for Yahoo, which used to be the Facebook or Google of the internet circa 1999."
But despite the death-knell-ringing headlines, Yahoo's tumultuous storyline is far from reaching its end.
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